Definition of minuet
1 : a slow graceful dance in 3⁄4 time characterized by forward balancing, bowing, and toe pointing
2 : music for or in the rhythm of a minuet
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Examples of minuet in a Sentence
The orchestra played a minuet.
Recent Examples of minuet from the Web
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The transition from the penultimate fugue to the final minuet, a series of floating chords, really did seem to be pointing beyond this world: whether toward heaven or apocalypse, Mr. Levit kept painfully ambiguous.
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George and Martha danced a minuet, captured in a drawing displayed on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar.
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And the final march into Valhalla, staged amusingly as a pompous minuet that keeps getting interrupted by the wailing Rhinemaidens, suggested that this moment of triumph was illusory, and would be short-lived.
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The mystery genre is a minuet between disruption and order.
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The cakewalk was a dance, created by slaves in imitation (some accounts say in mockery) of the white minuet.
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The mechanics of a Pipeline stop are much like a minuet, except the trooper is the only one who hears the music or knows the steps--all of which lead inexorably to a thorough search of your car.
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Origin and Etymology of minuet
French menuet, from obsolete French, tiny, from Old French, from menu small, from Latin minutus
MINUET Defined for English Language Learners
minuet
playDefinition of minuet for English Language Learners
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: a slow, graceful dance that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
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: the music for a minuet
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